Cable-support.



E. A. HAWKINS.

CABLE SUPPORT. APPLIUATION FILED nso. 1a, 1906.

Patente 0ct.20,1908.

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v To all whom iti/may concerm UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.`

ELBERTA. HAWKINS, Ol*` BALDWIN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO STROMBERGOARLSON :TELE- 'PHONE`MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A `CORPORAIIO,.N OF

NEW YORK,

- CABLE-SUPPORT.

'No..90i1,'7'06. Specification of v Application led December 18, 1906. Serial No..348,488.

Be it known .that 1 ELBEET A. HAwKrNs, a citizen .of the-United States, residingat Baldwin, in the coun'ty of Nassau and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cable-Supports, of which' the following isa full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part .of this specification.

My invention relates t0. switchboards, more particularly to devices for supporting the cables therein, and its object is, to provide an improved construction ofthis kind whereby the cables may be conveniently supported in proper position and may b-e released'rom -their supports easily`and` quickly when it' is desired to inspect or repair any of the switchboard apparatus normally disposed in position hidden'by the cables. While it will appear evident that the device of my invention will be employed in va- .,riouskinds of switchboards and in variousv vpartsof anyswitchboard, and maybe em-` ployed ,for supporting anyof the cables ina] o ard, for convenience I'illu'strateand describemy invention as employed tosupport the cables in a tele hone switchboard, and more particularly t e devices asshown as sup orting those cables which are disposed tot e rear of the springjacks in the' switch- .boar-d. This of course, it will a tpear evident,.is merely forthe purpose of acilitating the description ofthe construction'and ap ,lication of the device of my. invention, an as it Will'appear evident-'that it maybe aplplied es in anywhere it is" desirable to support cab 4a manner as ,will be described. I do notwish to be limited to the precise application herein described.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 11s aside view of the switchboard *I employing my invention, partsI being broken away to disclose the construction thereof; Fig. 2 is a detached side view of the support- -ing deviceon. a'larger scale than that shown in Fig.4 1; Fig." 3' is a viewsimilar to that ofl Fig. 2 except that the device has been placed in its abnormal osition as will bel-described and'Fig.-4is a p an .view showing the abnormal position of the supporting bracket in 'dotted line.

Like ,reference characters are like parts throughout' the. various gures.

Letters Patent. patented oct. 20,1908.

' l The switchboard cabinet isshown'at 5, 5

u and' somev oi the switchboard cables are shown at 10, 10 as being supported by the shelf 11 disposed on t-he cross'pieces 8,8.

The cable support of my invention consists of a bracket indicated at 12 which -i's pivoted in a support '13 which maybe secured to the framework, for instance the cross pieces y8 by means'of thescrews 14, 14. As s own in the various figures the bracket' or armv 12 isbent through a right-angle whereby the upwardly extending arm may be pivotally disposed in the-support 13, while the rearwardlyextendin g arm is adapted for the .rece tion of the 'v rions cables to be supported t ereby.

n order thatthe bracket-orl arm 12 may be properly and rigidly supported in the support' 13, it is provided at the upper end of its ,upwardly extending arm with the cross pin ./drawi'ngs, the springjacksQ, and as it is oftenvdesirab e and sometimes necessary to inspect and/repair theseapparatuses it becomes necessai-'y to temporarily .remove the cables' .from their normal position at that point f whfle access to the apparatuses is desired.

These supports ofmy invention are disposed at 'convenient'intervals along the length of the switchboardl so that the entire length ofA the cables may be properly-'supported and, as Will be described, are of such construction that .they may when it is desired release the cables whereby they may temporarily be lowered and access ained to the springjacks hidden thereby. en it -isdesired to tem-- porarily lower the cables, .as has been described', the bracket arm 12 is raised slightly so that the pin 15 is brought out of enga ement with theslot 16 thereby leaving t e bracket free to irri i the support. when 1t is thus turned aboat one-quarter of a revo; lutlon, When it will assume approximately the p osition shown in Fig. 3 and in dotted lines in Fig. 4, it Willno longer support the cables and they may beloWered so that the springjacks hidden thereby when the cables are 1n their normal position, may be easily .reached andl inspected or repaired.

paratuses disposed in lposition hidden by thev cables, be lowered temporarily, readily and quickly and without disarranging the cables or'theassociated parts in any Way.

While I have herein shown and described but one embodiment and a single application of my invention, it is evident that changes may be made in the construction ,thereof by those skilled in the art and may be applied to different uses without departing from the lspiritand scope of my invention. I do not wish to be limited, therefore, to the precise construction and application herein shown. I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A swinging bracket consisting in a supporting bloc i, a bent bar adapted to extend.

vertically through such block and horizontally belovr such block, the vertical portion of such bar conformed to rotate in such block, means for supporting such bar from such block, means for preventing rotation ol:

-such bar in. such block, and means for releasing such bar from such block 'to permit rotation of such bar and means tor normally preventing the removal ot the bar from the block.

2. A swinging bracket consisting in a supporting block, a bent rod adapted to extend vertically through such block and horizontally below such block, the vertical portion of such bar conformed to rotate in such block, and means for supporting such bar 'from such block',v such means adapted to pre vent rotation of such bar in such block When such bar is in a desired angular position, such' means permitting rotation of such Vbar in such block When such bar is in another .bar is in a desired angular position, and

means for releasing such bar from such block consisting in lifting the bar therein such supporting means normally preventing the removal of` the bar from the block andjadapted to be detached from the bar to permit the removal of the bar from the block.

4. A swinging bracket consisting in a porting block, a round bent bar adapted to Xtend vertically through such block and horizontally below such block, a removable pin extending through the upper end of the vertical portion of such bar, and a slot in the face oi the block adapted to cooperate with such pin such pin serving normally to' support the. bracket and prevent the removal ol the bar from the block and also adapted by its removal from the bar to permit 'the removal of the bar from the blo'ck.

In Witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this'th day of November A. D., .i906

RIBERT A. I-lAl/VKINS.

Witnesses ROMIQTN Zfinnrsirm, W. M. C. SMITH. 

